| If you need to replace your trackpad use this guide to help. You will need to take out the battery and the keyboard then the last step to replacing the trackpad is easy the other steps before that are of moderate difficulty. The tools needed for this guide is the jimmy, spudger, and a zero bit Phillips head screw driver. |
| If your Acer Aspire R R5-471T-51UN trackpad is not responding to your finger movements correctly - slow cursor movement, no cursor movement, the cursor is not moving in the direction that matches your finger movement, or the laptop is not waking up when you move your finger across the trackpad - use this guide to replace the trackpad on your laptop. |
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| The trackpad is the part on the laptop that allows you to move the cursor with the touch and movement of your finger to access different applications on your desktop. Without a properly working trackpad, it will be very hard to navigate around your laptop. |
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| If your cursor is not moving at all when you touch the trackpad, make sure your trackpad is enabled by checking through the settings, or press the specific keys on the laptop that enables and disables the trackpad. To figure out what specific keys to press, use this link: How do I enable or disable the touchpad on my computer? - Acer Community. You should do this step before going through this guide to replace your entire trackpad. |
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| If the problem with your laptop is a faulty trackpad, completing this guide should give you a newly working trackpad. Your cursor should repsond to the touch and movement of your finger and move in the same direction that your finger is moving in on the trackpad. This should also wake your computer up when you drag your finger across the touchpad. |
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| This guide requires the unscrewing of and prying apart certain parts of the laptop using the tools listed in the guide. Do not use a large amount of force when doing these tasks as some of the parts inside the laptop are delicate and can be easily broken. |